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PEP 686 – Make UTF-8 mode default

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238 points GalaxySnail | 1 comments | 26 Apr 24 11:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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nerdponx ◴[26 Apr 24 14:44 UTC] No.40169967[source]▶
Default text file encoding being platform-dependent always drove me nuts. This is a welcome change.

I also appreciate that they did not attempt to tackle filesystem encoding here, which is a separate issue that drives me nuts, but separately.

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1. avidphantasm ◴[26 Apr 24 16:22 UTC] No.40171211[source]▶
Yeah, this has bitten me several times as soon as a people use the code on Windows.